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Mercedes-Benz scales back electric ambitions as EV pessimism grows (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Because 90% of the time 50 miles is enough for you (maybe not you, but most people) to get through the day and charge it, while you will only need gas on those long occasional trips.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

People keep saying this, but when I'm buying a 40k car I want to be able to go shopping and cross country with my family. The fact that I'll only use it for the occasional family trip is irrelevant. The point is my current ICE car does both things without any worry. If EVs want to win they need to be better than the ICE counterparts.

I want to reduce emissions but you'll never get adoption of something that's objectively worse. If I have to worry if it will start in the winter or reach the next town on my trip, it's a non-starter. And that's even before we get to the insane prices of new cars.